ID: 38337
User updated by: z_rules55 at hotmail dot com
Reported By: z_rules55 at hotmail dot com
Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Documentation problem
PHP Version: Irrelevant
New Comment:
My bad. I saw the part where it said "will return an array containing
string" and thought that the function would return an actual string.
Previous Comments:
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[2006-08-05 01:59:32] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Many functions return FALSE if something goes wrong/data has been
exhausted/the function does not find what the developer was looking
for.
In fact, we'd have to mark a great number of functions in the manual
"mixed" if we followed the convention you propose. Instead, we mark
return values as the most common case(s), and avoid error situations.
See strpos(), each(), mysql_fetch_assoc(), etc.
S
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[2006-08-04 22:04:29] z_rules55 at hotmail dot com
Description:
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explode() is listed as returning an array. However, its documentation
states that:
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If separator is an empty string (""), explode() will return FALSE. If
separator contains a value that is not contained in string, then
explode() will return an array containing string.
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The return value should therefore be "mixed".
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